"I wish you'd send away that hissing teakettle, it reminds me of a steamboat," said the Captain, peevishly; "that is, if you have done with it."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The room was pleasantly warm, and in the centre a table was invitingly spread, the teakettle singing merrily, flanked by a flask of golden Marsala and a bottle of Bordeaux.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin
A great cleanliness as to pots and kettles, particularly the teakettle, should be insisted upon, and the closets, pails, barrels, etc.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood